κεκρυμμένην,
here=αἰνιγματώδη, covert in
meaning, though spoken aloud,—because she merely
alludes to her vision, without describing it, and without naming
the persons to whom she refers (644—654). So Theogn.
681 ταῦτά μοι ᾐνίχθω κεκρυμμένα τοῖς
ἀγαθοῖσιν. The ancients associated evil with any
prayer which could not be freely uttered. The maxim μετὰ φωνῆς εὔχεσθαι was ascribed to
Pythagoras (Clemens Strom. 4. 26§ 173). Cp.